University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

The complainant made a freedom of information request to University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust for a copy of its draft Sustainability and Transformation plan which it sent to NHS England. The Trust refused the request under the exemptions in section 22 (information intended for future publication), section 41 (information provided in confidence) and section 43 (commercial interests). The Commissioner’s decision is that the Trust correctly applied the section 22 exemption and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosure. The Commissioner requires no steps to be taken.